Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

No. 76 was carrying Li Long on his back. In his hand, Li Long was holding a rope with a plastic sheet tied to it. On the plastic sheet were a bear and a roe deer.

No. 76 knew the location of the wooden house, and it was eager to go there to get away from the frightening aura behind it.

So the return trip was quite fast, much faster than the way there. But even so, when Li Long arrived at the cabin, the sun had already reached the top of the mountain in the west and soon set.

What surprised Li Long was that there was someone waiting outside the wooden house. It was Yushan Jiang.

"You caught...what?" Yu Shanjiang's horse was tied up. He looked at the bear that was half exposed from the plastic sheet. He was curious at first, but after seeing it, he was shocked:
"You shot a bear? Was it a brown bear?"

"Yes." Li Long got off the horse, tied No. 76 over, and said proudly:

"I went to the hot springs to hunt roe deer and injured one. The roe deer ran to a place where bears hibernate, and I killed it."

He said it very easily. Of course, if we ignore Li Long's psychological reaction, objectively speaking, the whole process was really easy and smooth.

But in fact, in just those few minutes, Li Long felt that he had truly experienced life and death.

Li Long felt that facing life and death once would accelerate one's growth. Now thinking about the bear head with a big mouth right in front of him, it might bite off half of his head in the next moment. At this moment, Li Long felt that he should be more careful in the future. Life is precious!
"They are very good!" Yushanjiang gave a thumbs up. "It is usually difficult for us to encounter them. Even if we encounter them, we cannot hit them because we will avoid them. Sometimes they will attack our dogs, and we cannot carry guns all the time."

Li Long also had a deep understanding of this. It was too difficult to kill that thing. If ordinary herdsmen didn't have a gun, they could only hide. If the dog went up, it would only die. After all, ordinary herdsmen couldn't have a dog gang.

So Yushanjiang was very surprised and admired Li Long very much that he could kill a bear.

"I'm just lucky." Li Long smiled and said, "Why are you here?"

"Halimu said you brought in food and wanted to go hunting, so I came to see you and asked about the children's schooling."

"Are the children going to school?" Li Long thought of Yushanjiang's two children, who seemed to be quite grown up.

"Both of my children went to elementary school, but for some reasons, they did not continue. I wanted to ask you about school," said Yu Shanjiang.

"So what are your plans?" Li Long said as he wiped the sweat off No. 76. Although the return trip was not long, it was tiring to drag 200 kilograms of stuff in the snow without a road, especially since he was jogging all the way, so No. 76 was sweating.

"The children want to go to school." Yushanjiang had a complicated expression. "I am still hesitating whether to let them go. We Kazakhs have always been mainly herding. Our ancestors lived in pastoral areas and in the mountains. Recently, the children have listened to the radio and know that the world outside is great, so they want to go out and see. They went to school before and knew some things, but then they didn't go to school for a while, so they may have gotten used to the herding life. Now, they want to go to school again."

Li Long could understand this feeling.

But the children cannot make the decision, the key point still depends on Yushan River.

Seeing that the horse was dry, he went to get some grass to feed it, then opened the door of the wooden house and let Yushanjiang in.

The fire in the stove was not extinguished yet. Li Long opened the stove cover and added coal, and the fire soon started.

Li Long poured a bowl of hot water for Yushanjiang, brought him a stool, and asked him to continue talking while drinking.

"At the beginning, we thought the radio was a good thing. It helped us understand the outside world and learn about good policies. Now, the elderly have objections to the radio. They say it makes young people restless." Yushanjiang took a few sips of water, put down the bowl, wiped his mouth and said, "But young people think it's really good! For example, Halimu listened to the stories in it and wanted to send his children to school, saying that children need to understand the outside world. As for me, I'm not sure yet. I don't know whether it's better to send my children to school or keep them in the pastoral area..."

This is normal. It is normal for the elderly to stick to traditions and for the young to accept new things.

Li Long couldn't make a decision for Yushanjiang on this matter, so he said:
"You have to think things through before making a decision. Don't be in a hurry. It's winter now, and there's still a lot of time. You can take your time to think about it. This is plenty of time for you to think about it."

"That's right." Yushanjiang nodded. This man who was always decisive became hesitant at this time. On one side was the ideals of his children, and on the other side was the traditions of his tribe. He was not as young as Halimu and was not as curious about new things in the outside world. He was also not like the elders in the tribe, whose thoughts were already rigid and who thought that tradition was the most important.

Middle-aged people, that's what.

"What are you going to do with this bear?" Yu Shanjiang asked.

"I plan to transport it and sell it," Li Long said honestly. "Someone might buy it. I'm just going to simply process its internal organs. I'll freeze it tonight, and when it's frozen solid, I'll take it to the county tomorrow."

"Well, let me help you deal with this roe deer... By the way, where are you going to put this bear at night? It might be eaten by wolves if you leave it outside."

"Put it inside the house." Li Long sighed. It seemed that he really had to build a shed next to it when summer came. This way, at least the horse could be put in the shed, and the bear could be put in the small room.

Things seemed to be getting more and more complicated, and the bond between me and the mountains was getting deeper and deeper.

Now the bear cannot be put in the small room, otherwise No. 76 would not dare to go in. Li Long could only simply clean up the bear's internal organs and let Yushanjiang help carry it to the big room.

The bear is already frozen, but it will definitely thaw a little overnight, and then it will smell bad.

Bear with it.

After carrying the bear and packing the roe deer, Yushanjiang wanted to help Li Long, but Li Long asked him to go back quickly. It was almost dark, and it would be dangerous for Yushanjiang to walk at night if he went back later.

Fortunately, Yushanjiang also came with a gun on his back, so it seemed that he might be late to return as originally planned.

Before he left, he told Li Long that there was a group of wild boars in the ravine more than a kilometer southwest of the cabin. Li Long calculated the distance and found that it was about where the beekeepers kept the beehives. He thought about waiting until tomorrow and going to take a look if he could get up early.

After Yushanjiang left, Li Long squeezed out the feces from the bear's stomach and intestines, washed it briefly, and then returned to the house, where he remembered the bear gall.

He used the method he saw in a short video in his previous life to simply process the bear gallbladder, and then hung it up. It should be able to dry out a bit overnight, so it would be easier to take it back tomorrow.

No. 76 was led into the small room. It was a little uneasy, but soon calmed down. Li Long put some grass in the small room for No. 76 to eat, closed the door, returned to the big room, opened the door a crack, breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt hungry.

There was no time to prepare any dishes, so he took out two steamed buns and stuffed them into the space under the stove to roast. Then he pulled out a jar from the corner of the room, opened it, found a pair of clean chopsticks, and fished out some pickles, including carrots, chili peppers, celery, and cabbage.

After covering the jar with the lid, Li Long put it back in its original place. He rinsed the pickles with water without cutting them. When the steamed buns were almost baked, he took them out and put them on a plate. He endured the heat, broke the steamed buns apart, and ate them with the pickles.

After eating two mouthfuls, he felt choked and hurried to get more water. He was not used to drinking cold water directly - he had developed the habit of drinking warm water in his previous life. He mixed it with warm water and took a sip. He felt that the large lump of food in his throat went into his stomach, and he felt better.

Oh, it's too hasty.

Next, I ate it slowly, savoring the saltiness and fragrance of the pickles, and felt that it was still a little lacking, it would be better if it were fried.

But this afternoon was very exciting and tiring, and Li Long didn't want to toss and turn anymore. He ate two steamed buns, picked up the crumbs that fell on his body and ate them. There were quite a few pickles left, so he simply put them on the table. He didn't have the heart to wash up, just rinsed his mouth briefly, locked the door, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

Li Long was woken up by the cold. When he woke up, he found that the stove had gone out at some point - then he remembered that he forgot to turn on the stove after dinner and went to bed last night. Looking at the time, it was just after four o'clock. Li Long rubbed his eyes, got up, lit the oil lamp, cleaned the ash in the stove, picked up the unburned charcoal cores and put them aside, opened the door, trotted to get some chopped firewood and hay, and hurried back to the house.

It’s so fucking cold!
After closing the door, Li Long spread grass, firewood and charcoal in layers in the furnace, then covered the stove lid, lit the lighter and ignited the hay. Watching the flames slowly spread, Li Long closed the stove door and only then did he smell the unpleasant smell in the room.

It will be a big problem to get this thing on the carriage tomorrow.

Li Long got a headache just thinking about it, but there was always a way, if it really didn't work, he would pull it to the hillside, find a slope, get some snow, set up the carriage, and roll it onto the carriage.

It's not like I haven't done this before.

When the stove was lit, coal smoke filled the room and Li Long had to open the door to let the smoke and air out.

By the time the air in the room became fresh and cold, Li Long was no longer sleepy.

He simply made himself some food, then lighted the fire, put on his cotton coat, picked up his gun, carried his bag and plastic sheet, and went to the place where Yushanjiang pointed out that wild boars were active.

Anyway, since we're here and we have a carriage, we might as well get as much as we can!
There was no moon in the sky, and the snow reflected the faint light of the sky. Li Long walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow. After walking for nearly half an hour, he came to the place where the beekeeper Lao Lu used to stay.

The visibility was poor, and Li Long still searched for a long time before he found the place where the wild boar had dug up the roots. This place was beside the original stream, and Li Long vaguely remembered that the water grass here used to grow better. Maybe that was why the wild boar came here to dig up the grass roots to eat. Pinggu was windless, and Li Long looked around. The wild boar came from the southeast and finally turned back to the southeast.

There is a flat land of about two hundred meters over there, and further ahead are bushes, and then hillsides and pine forests.

Li Long ambushed in the north from where he came. It was not a head-on attack on the wild boar, but mainly to prevent the wild boar from "stepping on" Li Long when it came.

He found a relatively high place and lay down. Facing the arched area, Li Long built a gun platform and then lay down quietly.

It was cold, really cold. It was the coldest time of the year, and the temperature in the mountains was over 30 degrees below zero. I didn't feel it when I was walking, but when I lay down, Li Long felt that his ears, fingers, toes and other extremities were itchy and painful.

It should be frostbite. I need to get some medicine to apply on it when I get home. I think boiling eggplants in water in summer can be helpful?
Li Long was lost in thought and felt the temperature in his stomach getting lower and lower. He couldn't help but turn sideways. Although he was wrapped in a coat, the cold air still seeped in bit by bit. At this time, he felt that there was no heat anywhere on his body, it was almost cold.

The waiting time was particularly long. It felt like the sky did not get brighter, but was slowly getting darker. The field of vision became closer and smaller. When Li Long was wondering, there was a noise coming from the woods in the distance.

There was a faint humming sound, as well as the sound of branches colliding and ice breaking when stepped on. There must be a small stream there.

Li Long immediately lay down straight, his expression tense.

The view was still dark. Was this the darkness before dawn? Li Long thought, and then he saw a black shadow rushing out in the snow.

The ones running in the front are always the impatient half-grown wild boars. These wild boars have just been separated from their mothers' care and are at the age of newborn calves. They are fearless, irritable, and especially greedy. They are the first to come to the place where the bull has been, and they will start to bulldoze when they find a suitable position.

Soon a wild boar dug out its favorite grass roots and started chewing them. The humming became louder, and even Li Long could hear the enjoyment in the sound.

Haha, you’re quite good at showing off!

Li Long slowly aimed at the wild boar - it was a half-grown creature with black hair, its butt facing Li Long, twisting it from time to time.

Then the vision gradually became clear, and Li Long was a little surprised. These wild boars were quite big!
There were at least twenty or thirty wild boars walking towards this side.

Yes, I am walking!

Except for the three or four half-grown wild boars that were running happily in the front, the other wild boars were just walking, not in a hurry at all. Is it because this group of wild boars is so large and invincible in this area?

Soon, most of the wild boars arrived at their destination, began to find a position and then humped in the snow.

Li Long looked at the farthest point, where the wild boar's head was still not clearly visible. He didn't plan to wait any longer. He couldn't eat that thing anyway, so it would be better to kill a few more half-grown ones.

After stretching his frozen fingers, Li Long turned on the safety, aimed at the black wild boar, and then looked at the wild boars next to them. He planned to keep at least two.

shooting.

"boom!"

The black wild boar fell down immediately, and Li Long immediately moved the muzzle of his gun slightly. At this time, the wild boars were scattered by the gunshots, and some of them ran away. Li Long aimed at a yellow-brown wild boar that he had been eyeing for a long time, and knocked it down with two shots.

At this time, most of the wild boars had already run into the snow, away from the direction where the gunshots came from. Only one male wild boar, perhaps because he was dizzy or wanted to avenge his "brothers", rushed towards Li Long!
The ground was shaking violently, and Li Long fired at the wild boar "bang bang bang bang".

It was not known whether the wild boar was too lucky or Li Long was too careless, but the shots hit the boar's vital parts but did not injure its speed at all, and it continued to rush forward!
Li Long was a little panicked, but he immediately calmed down and continued shooting.

"Bang bang bang!"

After the magazine was emptied, the wild boar was shot in the head and finally fell helplessly about ten meters away from Li Long.

Li Long let out a long sigh, then hurriedly took out the bullets from his bag and put them into the gun.

I've been hunting for a year, and this is the first time I've emptied the magazine!
It's not that dangerous, but it does feel a bit exciting.

The remaining wild boars had already scattered, and now one could still faintly hear their grunting in the bushes and pine forests. There was clearly some fear in the sound. These guys probably wouldn't come over for a long time, right?
Li Long stood up and walked up to the wild boar.

This wild boar must have weighed more than 100 kilograms, and its body was still trembling slightly. Li Long was wondering, is this thing not afraid of death? Or has it eaten something extraordinary and gone crazy?
The size and weight of the other two wild boars combined are about as big as this one. This thing is just a chicken rib, it is unpalatable to eat, but I can't bear to throw it away.

Pull it back and let Li Xiangqian ask those people if they want it.

Putting away the gun, Li Long first dragged over two half-grown wild boars, put the three wild boars together, and then cut open their stomachs and drained their blood.

He didn't bother to skin the pigs. He spread out the plastic sheet, rolled the three wild boars onto it, and dragged them back.

Fortunately, the road was relatively flat and there were not many bushes, otherwise Li Long would have to give up one with great reluctance.

He wondered if he should get a sled, which would be more convenient than plastic sheeting.

I am also stupid, I am getting worse as I grow older. At this time last year, I knew how to make a sled, but now the sled is gathering dust at my eldest brother's house.

When we dragged the wild boar to the cabin, the sky just started to turn pale.

Li Long rested for a while, released No. 76, gave it some water, and then tied it to a piece of wood next to the house, allowing it to continue eating grass.

The doors of both rooms were wide open to let the smell out.

Li Long took great effort to get the bear out and put it outside.

The purpose is to freeze this thing, otherwise it will be difficult to get it onto the carriage later.

Then he cleaned the stomachs and intestines of the three wild boars. There was still running water at the spring, but it was too cold to use now. Not only could the stomachs and intestines not be cleaned properly, but his hands were also frozen. Li Long boiled a pot of hot water, poured it into a basin, and poured some spring water into the basin to make warm water, and quickly washed the stomachs and intestines.

The stomachs and intestines of the three wild boars were cleaned and then put back - by this time the wild boars' cavities were almost frozen solid.

The next step was to put it on the carriage.

The little wild boar was fine, Li Long could carry it to the carriage. The hard part was the wild boar and the bear.

He sighed and had to find a slope.

The sun showed a little red face, and just when Li Long was about to pull the carriage out to find a suitable slope, he saw the Yushan River.

The Kazakh man trotted over on his horse and stopped in front of the cabin.

After getting off the horse, Yushan Jiang adjusted his hat and said:

"I thought you couldn't get this bear into the car by yourself, so I came over here."

See, the Kazakh Dosens are so straightforward!

Li Long smiled and pointed at the wild boar and said:

"And this, do you mind?"

"Why do you mind? It's not like we haven't fought before!" Yushanjiang said generously, and then he and Li Long harnessed the carriage and carried the wild boar onto the carriage.

Li Long felt warm in his heart. (End of this chapter)